Greek adjective · G862
ἄφθαρτος
aphthartosaf'-thar-tos
incorruptible
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: áphthartos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G862is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G862
undecaying (in essence or continuance)
The King James renders it: not (in-, un-)corruptible, immortal.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aphthartos is rendered "incorruptible". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Peter, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Romans 1:23ἀφθάρτου
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in 1 Peter.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- imperishable3
- immortal2
- an imperishable1
- of imperishable1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀφθαρσία | aphtharsia | incorruptibility | Uses8 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἄφθαρτον2
- ἀφθάρτου2
- ἀφθάρτῳ2
- ἄφθαρτοι1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2A-DSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1A-ASM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1A-GSF
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1A-GSM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1A-NPM
Romans
one use
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
- ἀφθάρτουaphthartouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: immortal
1 Corinthians
two uses
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- ἄφθαρτονaphthartonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: an imperishable
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- ἄφθαρτοιaphthartoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: imperishable
1 Timothy
one use
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- ἀφθάρτῳaphthartoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: immortal
1 Peter
three uses
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- ἄφθαρτονaphthartonadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: imperishable
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- ἀφθάρτουaphthartouadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of imperishable
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- ἀφθάρτῳaphthartoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: imperishable
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.